Tricky. MLiR is my fav. Leisure was a solid indie dance dominated debut (although Sing hinted at hidden depths) but their sophomore effort really tapped into that strain of English pop that runs back through The Smiths to Madness, The Specials, The Jam, Squeeze, The Who, The Small Faces and The Kinks. Albarn was deliberately positioning himself with the greats and he pulled it off too.

The eponymous fifth album was a wilfull move away from the musical shores of Blighty and across to the colleges of the states but the lyrical concerns still drift back.